Canon R5 Focus bracketing drive modes

[tmalinski52]

with my R5 using firmware 2.1.0 When I put the camera in Focus bracketing mode it disables high speed drive mode and defaults to single shot or self timer. However, it still shoots the entire sequence. Which is contrary to what I have been reading. Is this a bug or is it operating properly? what I have read says if you don't set your drive mode to continuous high speed that it will require you to push the shutter for every shot of the focus stack. Maybe that is for Firmware 1.8.1, and fixed for ver 2.1.0. Can you confirm

 

[TwoWheeler]

Not quite sure what you’re trying to do here. You don’t need high speed drive mode. Single shot is fine. (I use a 2 second self timer for macro shots).

Focus bracketing works with a single shutter button press to take however many shots you’ve told it to take in the “number of shots” parameter, incrementing the focus for each shot. When its done, it takes a bit to chew through all the images.

The focus increment number is determined by sacrificing a chicken and reading the entrails. Here is a handy calculator focus stacking.

 

[Hali]

The focus increment number is determined by sacrificing a chicken and reading the entrails. Here is a handy calculator focus stacking.

Ahhhh that's why I've always had a problem with that... I'm dyslexic and I always read the entrails backwards!

 

[TwoWheeler]

Ahhhh that's why I've always had a problem with that... I'm dyslexic and I always read the entrails backwards!

I’ve found it helpful to remember a little mnemonic: “Gizzard then feet, then on to the beak”.

The site I linked to with the focus calculator did a nerdy dive into what the number represents. If memory serves and I understood it correctly-neither of which is guaranteed - it worked out to be about 1/8 of the depth of field…or something. (And I couldn’t find it again to link to…)